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Roque’s wife informed Quad of planned medical checkup QUAD Comm co-chair and Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers disclosed yesterday that Mylah Roque had informed the committee that she was leaving for Singapore to have a medical check-up.
Roque left Manila for Singapore on Sept. 3, over a month before an arrest order was issued on Oct. 11 for her repeated failure to appear before the Quad Comm hearing. An immigration Next page
VOL. XXXVIII • NO. 244 • 3 SECTIONS 16 PAGES • P20 • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2024
Bato wants own drug war probe But Quad leader says ex-PNP chief too biased to investigate own role, cohorts
Marcos backs PNP’s move to reexamine EJKs
By Maricel Cruz
S
ENATOR Ronald dela Rosa said he want to start a separate probe into the Duterte administration’s war on drugs. This after Dela Rosa was tagged in the House Quad Committee investigation as being one of the perpetrators of reward system for every drug suspect killed during the term of former Presiden Rodrigo Duterte. He said the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, which Dela Rosa chairs, will “definitely” start the motu proprio investigation before the regular session resumes on Nov. 4. Senator Christopher Lawrence Go, who was also named by resource persons in the Quad probe, earlier said he is willing to file a resolution to investigate allegations on the drug war. However, one of the Quad Comm leaders on Wednesday expressed Next page
By Charles Dantes
ENDANGERED. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) launched the ‘Save from Extinction’ program in cooperation with private companies at the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction. DENR Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga said that the program aims to protect six key species, from left to right, counterclockwise : the Tamaraw, the Philippine Eagle, the Cockatoo, the Marine Turtle (Pawikan), the Dugong and the Philippine Pangolin. Barney Long/Global Wildlife Conservation/Empowering Communities to Save the Philippine Eagle/Katala Foundation Inc./Philippine Information Agency/ Dugong Dive Center Busuanga/ Philippine Marines: ‘Easier To Find Rebels Than Pangolins’
THE Marcos administration expressed its full support for the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) plan to reopen cold cases related to the previous leadership’s supposedly brutal implementation of its war on drugs. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on Tuesday affirmed the government’s commitment to ensuring justice and upholding the rule of law. “The reopening of the investigations of the high-profile killings related to the war on drugs should indicate that the Marcos administration places the highest importance on the fair dispensation of justice and on the universal observance of the rule of law in the country,” Bersamin said in a statement. Next page
DENR, SM Malls unite to save endangered species Filipinos still in Lebanon urged to avail of voluntary repatriation By Rex Espiritu
BIG business has teamed up with the government in combatting the illegal poaching and habitat destruction of several endangered species endemic to the Philippines. Together, the two sectors jointly
Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction on Tuesday. Environment and Natural ReNEWS / A4 sources Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga said that this prolaunched the “Save from Extinc- gram specifically aims to protect tion” program at the sidelines of Next page
DND chief urges global collab in DRR efforts
PANDESAL DAY. A bakery distributed free pandesal to residents of Barangay Kamuning, Quezon City, in celebration of ‘10th World Pandesal Day’. World Pandesal Day in the Philippines is celebrated on October 16 each year, coinciding with World Bread Day. It is celebrated globally to honor the importance of bread as a staple food and raise awareness about hunger. Inset shows Sen. Imee Marcos and former Sen. Ping Lacson handing out pandesal after a press conference at Kamuning Bakery. Manny Palmero
OVER 500 Filipinos still in Lebanon responded positively to Manila’s voluntary repatriation offer and are hoping to leave as soon as the Philippine Embassy can charter a plane to take them back home. In an advisory on Wednesday, the Embassy told other Filipinos seeking to leave the war-torn country to register online, and prepare their passports and iqamas (residence permits). Embassy authorities told them there is no need to submit a duplicate form to further hasten the repatriation process. “The Embassy is actively coordi-
nating with Lebanese authorities to expedite the urgent release of exit clearances for undocumented Filipino nationals,” the advisory stated. Israel in recent weeks has carried out ground incursions into parts of Lebanon in addition to air strikes, with the stated aim to go after the Iran-backed Hezbollah. The Lebanese health ministry said that over the past year, Israeli strikes have killed at least 2,350 people, left nearly 11,000 wounded and displaced more than 1.2 million people. Next page
DSWD to VP Sara: No politics involved in aiding the needy By Maricel V. Cruz DEPARTMENT of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian stood firm that their office extends assistance to anybody who asks for help as he denied allegations they turned down referral requests for aid from the Office of the Vice President (OVP). “Every day even without a referral, if
you go to the DSWD response, you will be accommodated and well attended to. You don’t need a referral. If you have a referral, you will be helped too,” he said. Gatchalian made the remarks when asked to comment on reports that the DSWD rejected referrals for assistance from the OVP. Gatchalian said the DSWD has already coordinated with the OVP for Next page